Ind vs Aus Test Series: Australian pacers Starc, Hazlewood can trouble Indian batsman on Indian pitches with extra bounce

The Australian seamers Jos Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc could be handful for the Indian batsman in the upcoming Test series if they can extract bounce out of the track with back-up seam support from Mitchell Marsh.

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Ind vs Aus Test Series: Australian pacers Starc, Hazlewood can trouble Indian batsman on Indian pitches with extra bounce

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The Australian seamers Jos Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc could be handful for the Indian batsman in the upcoming Test series if they can extract bounce out of the track with back-up seam support from Mitchell Marsh.

Off spinner Nathan Lyon, who was dealt with very severely by Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer and Karnataka off-break bowler Krishnappa Gowtham, in the warm-up game, will be the man the visitors would depend on to do the bulk of the bowling during the day along with left arm Stephen O'Keefe. They are also crucial to the visitors' hopes.

The Test match to be held far away from the city's bustling areas has not really attracted a lot of interest among the fans, although this is the first-ever five-day game to be hosted in this city which is deemed as the cultural capital of Maharashtra.

Only 8000-odd tickets have been sold for each day and there are plans to fill up empty seats via free entry for school children.

Teams :

India: Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandaran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma,Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund, Hardik Pandya.

Australia: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Stephen O'Keefe, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.    

Venue: Pune

Timing: The opening Test match is scheduled to commence at 09:30 hours IST. 

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